Fakes and forgeries in the art world are the stuff of legend, the subject of books, films, and television series the world over. In real life, they land people behind bars. 2016 brought us many ...

In the intricate world of art, where authenticity reigns supreme, the craft of faking art has evolved into a deceptive ...

The notorious art forger Wolfgang Beltracchi is releasing an NFT art collection. Fittingly, the artist—infamous for his uncanny ability to mimic the work of others—is making 4,608 versions of Leonardo ...

Interviews with the Beltracchis and footage of Wolfgang working in his studio make up the bulk of the film. Birkenstock evidently spent years visiting the couple, first at their estates in Mèze in the ...

Over the ensuing millennia, counterfeit masterpieces, in the opinion of most authorities, have far outnumbered originals, largely because the technique of physical (as opposed to critical) detection ...

The art world is "fertile ground for criminals," says art scholar Noah Charney. In his new book, The Art of Forgery, he traces a tradition of... Could The Masterpiece Be A Fake? Profit, Revenge And ...

German police believe Martin bought forged painting for around $850,000 in 2004. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief COLOGNE, Germany — German police believe actor Steve Martin may be among the ...

Tony Tetro (left) "emulates" the works of masters such as Picasso (right), Dalí and Monet, even mimicking their signatures. John Chapple; Getty Images Tony Tetro ranks among the world’s most talented ...

Ambitious, laborious, and nearly impossible to pull of without attracting plenty of suspicion from those in a position to know such things, art forgery occupies a strange corner of the white-collar ...

When the German chocolate tycoon Peter Ludwig decided to collect abstract paintings from the Soviet Union, he was bound to get duped. Educated in art history, and holding a PhD for his research on ...